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47360-003: Additional Financing for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Additional Financing for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Roads Improvement Project (RRP PAK 47360-003) Initial Environmental Examination September 2018 PAK: Additional Financing for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Roads Improvement Project Prepared by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority, Communications and Works Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with assistance of Project Preparatory Technical Assistance (PPTA) for the Asian Development Bank. This initial environmental examination is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section on ADB’s website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKHTUNKHWA HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY FEASIBILITY STUDY & DESIGN OF VARIOUS ROADS UNDER THE PKHA PORTFOLIO SH: PROVINCIAL ROADS REHABILITATION PROJECT INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION (IEE) FOR DUALIZATION OF MARDAN – SWABI ROAD, Total Length 42 km Final Report JV M/S CREATIVE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Provincial Roads Rehabilitation Project INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. PROJECT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. BASIC FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ........................................................................... 2 1.3. THE STUDY OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 2 1.4. LOCATION OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................. 2 1.5. STUDY METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.6. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS ................................................................................... 4 1.7. FIELD SURVEYS ................................................................................................................................... 6 1.8. WOMEN CONSULTATIONS ................................................................................................................ 6 1.9. TYPE AND CATEGORY OF THE PROJECT ....................................................................................... 7 1.9.1. CATEGORY AS PER ADB SAFEGUARD POLICY ............................................................................ 7 1.9.2. CATEGORY AS PER KP-EPA REGULATION (REGULATIONS 2000) ............................................ 7 1.10. THE REPORT STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................. 7 2. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ............................................................. 9 2.1. GENERAL ............................................................................................................................................... 9 2.2. NATIONAL POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................... 9 2.3. REGULATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PAKISTAN EPA ................................. 9 2.4. REGULATORY CLEARANCES, KPK EPA ....................................................................................... 10 2.5. GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PAKISTAN EPA .................................... 10 2.6. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS (NEQS) 2000 ..................................... 10 2.7. ADB’S SAFEGUARD POLICY STATEMENT (SPS), 2009 ............................................................... 10 2.8. ADB’S PUBLIC COMMUNICATION POLICY 2011 (PCP 2011) ..................................................... 11 2.9. ADB’S ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM POLICY 2012 .............................................................. 11 2.10. INTERACTION WITH OTHER AGENCIES ....................................................................................... 12 2.11. PROVINCIAL EPAS ............................................................................................................................. 12 2.12. PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS OF FORESTS AND WILDLIFE .................................................... 12 2.13. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS ......................................................................................................... 12 2.14. OTHER ENVIRONMENT RELATED LEGISLATIONS .................................................................... 12 2.15. COMPARISON OF INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS ...... 16 2.16. IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL POLICIES AND REGULATIONS ON PROPOSED PROJECT .. 16 2.17. IMPLICATIONS OF ADB POLICIES ON PROPOSED PROJECT .................................................... 17 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ..................................................................................................... 22 3.1. TYPE OF PROJECT .............................................................................................................................. 22 3.1.1. LOCATION ........................................................................................................................................... 22 3.1.2. DRAINAGE STRUCTURES ................................................................................................................. 23 3.1.3. SCOPE OF WORK ................................................................................................................................ 23 3.1.4. DESIGN CRITERIA .............................................................................................................................. 24 3.1.5. WORKS AND MATERIALS ................................................................................................................ 24 3.1.6. RAW MATERIAL AVAILABILITY .................................................................................................... 28 3.1.7. MACHINERY TO BE USED ................................................................................................................ 28 3.1.8. CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE ........................................................................................................... 29 3.1.9. CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS AND SOURCES ............................................................................... 29 3.2. ESTIMATED PROJECT COST ............................................................................................................ 29 3.3. CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS ............................................................................................................ 29 3.3.1. WORK BASE ........................................................................................................................................ 29 3.3.2. LABOR CAMPS .................................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.3. MACHINERY MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT YARDS .......................................................... 30 3.3.4. MATERIAL DEPOTS ........................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.5. MACHINERY REPAIR WORKSHOPS & ASPHALT PLANT .......................................................... 30 3.3.6. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... 30 Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority i Provincial Roads Rehabilitation Project INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION 3.3.7. HEALTHCARE ..................................................................................................................................... 30 3.3.8. LABOR REPORTING OFFICE ............................................................................................................ 31 3.3.9. LABOR TRANSPORT .......................................................................................................................... 31 3.3.10. WORK UNIFORM AND HEALTH SAFETY EQUIPMENT .............................................................. 31 3.3.11. SIGNAGE .............................................................................................................................................. 31 3.3.12. LIGHTING AND ILLUMINATION ..................................................................................................... 32 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................... 33 4.1. PHYSICAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................................... 33 4.1.1. CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY .......................................................................................................... 33 4.1.2. PRECIPITATION .................................................................................................................................. 33 4.1.3. WIND ....................................................................................................................................................
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